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Ezra 6:22 — And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the…
“And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.”
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The verses around Ezra 6:22.
20For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
21And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,
22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Verse explanation
For seven days they keep the feast of unleavened bread, and the text credits even the goodwill of the Persian king to God, calling him here by the old title king of Assyria, the empire Persia had absorbed.
From the Ezra 6 study in Bible in Stories.
Ezra 6:22 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E celebraram a festa dos pães asmos os sete dias com alegria, porque o Senhor os tinha alegrado, e tinha mudado o coração do rei de Assyria a favor d'elles; para lhes esforçar as mãos na obra da casa de Deus, o Deus d'Israel.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E celebraram a festa dos pães sem fermento sete dias com alegria, porque o SENHOR os tinha alegrado, e convertido o coração do rei da Assíria a eles, para fortalecer suas mãos na obra da casa de Deus, o Deus de Israel.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Entonces celebraron la Fiesta de los Panes sin Levadura durante siete días. Todos los habitantes del país estaban muy contentos porque el Señor había hecho que el rey de Asiria les fuera favorable, ayudándoles a reconstruir el Templo de Dios, el Dios de Israel.
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